NMSU Library Announces Agriculture Publications Exhibit
Date: March 14, 2012
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CONTACT: Jeanette Smith, NMSU Library, (575) 646-7492, jcsmith@lib.nmsu.edu
The New Mexico State University Library announces a new exhibit, “Digitizing New Mexico State University’s Agricultural Extension Service Publications.” The free public exhibit will run through August 15 in the lobby of NMSU’s Branson Library.
The exhibit, organized by Science Librarian Cynthia Watkins, depicts the rich history of agriculture in New Mexico documented in two extensive publication series, NMSU’s Cooperative Extension Service Publications and Agriculture Experiment Station Publications.
These unique materials have been produced for more than 100 years to provide research-based information about agriculture, health, economics, family life and natural resources. The collection consists of approximately 3,200 documents including Circulars, Guides, Handbooks, Annual Data Reports, Research Reports and Bulletins, Technical Reports and Task Force Reports written from 1890 to the present.
Many of these paper publications are in fragile condition, with permanent creases and tears, leading to the possibility of restricted access. The Library has embarked upon a project to digitize these documents to increase access and help preserve the collection. The publications will also be made keyword searchable.
The public is invited to enjoy this colorful and educational display of our state’s agricultural heritage. To complete the digitization project, the Library is asking for support from its many friends; alumni of NMSU’s College of Agriculture, Consumer & Environmental Sciences; and the state agricultural community. The goal is to raise $40,000 by May 1 for scanning of the original documents.
For more information, contact Watkins at cwatkins@lib.nmsu.edu or Library Development Officer Kristina Martinez at krismart@lib.nmsu.edu or (575) 646-3642.
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Cary Osborne: A Story Worth the Telling
Date: March 9, 2012
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CONTACT: Jeanette Smith, NMSU Library, (575) 646-7492, jcsmith@lib.nmsu.edu
Cary Osborne was already a published science fiction/fantasy author when she became the Political Papers Archivist at the New Mexico State University Library in 2008.
Cary Osborne
Described in one review as a “confident composer of space opera,” her novels include Iroshi (Ace, 1995), The Glaive (Ace, 1996), Persea (Ace, 1996), Deathweave (1998) and Darkloom (Ace, 1998). She also published The Winter Queen (Ace, 1999) under the pseudonym Devin Cary.
Osborne has also published more than sixteen short stories and several nonfiction articles on writing. Two of her stories were award-winners in the science fiction Writers of the Future contest.
She combined her passion for American history, which she lives every day as an archivist, with her knowledge of writing in a 2010 article in the Journal of Western Archives, “The Information-Seeking Behavior of Novelists in Archives.”
In her writings, Osborne has told the stories of hundreds of characters. She finally tells her own inspiring story in an essay in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Find Your Happiness (2011). In “When I Grow Up I Will be a Professor,” she details the journey she took from being a widow in rough financial circumstances to taking control of her life and attending library school in her sixties.
A graduate assistantship in the congressional archives at the University of Oklahoma provided the background that led to her current position as Political Papers Archivist at NMSU, working with the Pete Domenici Collection.
Osborne is now living her own fantasy of leading a secure life with meaningful work. She has truly found her happiness.
Contact Osborne at (575) 646-7711.
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Petes Pick Up is Here for You
Date: March 6, 2012
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CONTACT: Jeanette Smith, NMSU Library, (575) 646-7492, jcsmith@lib.nmsu.edu
Whether you’re studying late at the Library, had a late extracurricular meeting, or if you’re out late on the NMSU campus for any other reason, you can always call Pete’s Pick Up for a safe escort to your car or dorm.
Call (575) 646-1111 any time between 6:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m., Sunday through Thursday. Pete’s Pick Up will take you safely to your campus destination.
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McKee Foundation Gives $6,000 to NMSU Library
Date: February 27, 2012
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CONTACT: Jeanette Smith, NMSU Library, (575) 646-7492, jcsmith@lib.nmsu.edu
The New Mexico State University Library has received a gift of $6,000 from the Robert E. and Evelyn McKee Foundation of El Paso. The gift will be used for the purchase of current engineering reference materials for the Library’s collection.
Engineering Librarian Paula Johnson said that the gift will enable the Library to purchase titles including Bioelectronics, Biomedical, and Bioinspired Systems; Disorder and Strain-induced Complexity in Functional Materials; and Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterization.
Robert E. McKee is remembered as the “master builder” who built major structures in El Paso as well as Los Angeles, Dallas, Atlanta and other cities.
The selection of the engineering resources will be conducted by Johnson. For more information, please contact her at paulacj@lib.nmsu.edu or (575) 646-7251.
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Library Announces Workshop Series
Date: February 15, 2012
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CONTACT: Jeanette Smith, NMSU Library, (575) 646-7492, jcsmith@lib.nmsu.edu
The NMSU Library is giving a series of helpful free workshops to be held this spring to acquaint Library users with resources and services available to them. While the workshops are targeted to graduate students, anyone may attend.
Theresa Westbrock
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Advanced Library Tools. Get acquainted with all of the Library tools you’ll want to use as a graduate student, including Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery, librarian subject specialists, EndNote Web, Google Scholar customization, Dissertation Abstracts and more! Plus you’ll get acquainted with advanced database searching techniques, citation searching, setting up alerts and more.
Thursday, February 23, 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Zuhl Library Classroom
Wednesday, February 29, noon to 1:00 p.m., Zuhl Library Classroom
- Citation Management: Mendeley. Mendeley is a free bibliographic management program that can index a collection of pdf documents, look up and import document details from PubMed, Web of Science, DOIs, and other online information sources, cite references from your collection in a paper you’re writing and construct the reference list for you. It integrates seamlessly with CiteULike, Zotero and BibTeX, and it features a built-in pdf viewer that allows you to highlight and annotate your pdf files.
Wednesday, March 7, 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Zuhl Library Classroom
- Citation Management: EndNote Web. EndNote® Web is a Web-based program that is free (to university affiliates). It is used to collect and organize references, manage citations in papers and create bibliographies.
Tuesday, March 13, noon to 1:00 p.m., Branson Library Classroom
- Citation Management: Zotero. Zotero is an esay-to-use tool to collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources. It lives right where you do your work—in the web browser itself. Whether you’re searching for a preprint on arXiv.org, a journal article from JSTOR, a news story from the New York Times or a book from the NMSU Library catalog, Zotero has support for thousands of sites.
Thursday, March 15, noon to 1:00 p.m., Branson Library Classroom
Visit http://lib.nmsu.edu/workshops/ for the schedule of topics, dates, places and times. No registration is required. Workshops are open to the entire campus community.
For more information, please contact the Library’s Instruction Coordinator Theresa Westbrock at twestbro@lib.nmsu.edu.
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Celebrate Aggie Kindness Day
Date: February 6, 2012
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CONTACT: Jeanette Smith, NMSU Library, (575) 646-7492, jcsmith@lib.nmsu.edu
The NMSU Library joins the campus in celebrating Aggie Kindness Day. Do something nice for someone else! You can act as a group, a whole office, or alone, in a little or big way.
The celebration starts on Monday, February 6, and goes through Thursday, February 9.
NMSU Housing and Residential Life started Aggie Kindness Day to honor Emily Lein, an NMSU student who died in November. Lein was an Aggie “superfan” who showed kindness and enthusiasm to everyone she encountered.
“Emily’s death was a reminder to a lot of people that our opportunities to be kind come in many forms,” said Michelle Bernstein, Assistant Director of Residential Education and Assessment. “We wanted to give students the opportunity to spread kindness throughout NMSU and the community.”
Participants are requested to submit photos, quotes, and feedback from their Aggie Kindness Day experience on the Housing and Residential Life Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/NMSUHousing and the Library’s Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/LibraryatNMSU.
Aggies can sign up at an information table in front of the Taos Restaurant in Corbett Center or a table on the first floor of Zuhl Library and receive a button showing their participation.
Contact Michelle Bernstein at Housing and Residential Life at (575) 646-5590 or Mary Chavarria at the Library at (575) 646-1860 for more information.
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Library to Participate in Chicano Programs Welcome Back Event
Date: January 25, 2012
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CONTACT: Jeanette Smith, NMSU Library, (575) 646-7492, jcsmith@lib.nmsu.edu
The NMSU Library will participate in the NMSU Chicano Programs Welcome Back event on Tuesday, January 31. The event will take place on the International Mall near the English Building and Hardman Hall from 11:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
The Library table will spotlight the Library’s new social media, including its Facebook page (http://facebook.com/LibraryatNMSU ), Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/nmsulibrary), YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/nmsulibrary) and RSS feed for Library News (http://lib.nmsu.edu/webfeeds.html).
The Library will also provide information on other helpful services for students. For more information, contact Cecelia Carrasco at (575) 646-7454 or cecarras@lib.nmsu.edu.
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Southwest Book Awards Announced
Date: January 20, 2012
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CONTACT: Jeanette Smith, NMSU Library, (575) 646-7492, jcsmith@lib.nmsu.edu
The Border Regional Library Association is pleased to announce the forty-first annual Southwest Book Awards. Since 1971, the awards have been presented in recognition of outstanding books about the Southwest published each year in any genre (e.g. fiction, nonfiction or reference) and directed toward any audience (scholarly, popular or children’s). Original video and audio materials are also considered.
The winners of the forty-first annual Southwest Book 
Awards are:
- Alexandre Hogue: An American Visionary – Paintings and Works on Paper by Susie Kalil (TAMU Press, 2011).
- La Calle: Spatial Conflicts and Urban Renewal in a Southwest City by Lydia R. Otero (University of Arizona Press, 2011).
- The Jar of Severed Hands: The Spanish Deportation of Apache Prisoners of War, 1770 – 1810 by Mark Santiago (University of Oklahoma Press, 2011).
- Randy Lopez Goes Home by Rudolfo Anaya (University of Oklahoma Press, 2011).
- El Sicario: The Autobiography of a Mexican Assassin edited by Molly Molloy and Charles Bowden (Nation Books, 2011).
- Where the West Begins: Debating Texas Identity by Glen Sample Ely (Texas Tech University Press, 2011).
- Wild Horses of the West: History and Politics of America’s Mustangs by J. Edward de Steiguer (University of Arizona Press, 2011).
- Working the Line by David Taylor (Radius Books, 2010).
Eligibility for this year’s Southwest Book Awards was based on five criteria:
- About the Southwest, defined as West Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and northern Mexico.
- Appearing in book or non-print format for the first time.
- Published between August 1, 2010 and July 31, 2011.
- Of high quality, both in the context of the current year’s entries and in the existing body of Southwestern literature.
- Books which reflect and interpret the Southwest. A scholarly work must make a well documented contribution to scholarship in some aspect of Southwestern history or culture. Other nonfiction works should make reliable information accessible to the general reader. Poetry and fiction must reflect Southwestern culture and/or be set in the southwest.
The Southwest Book Awards, as well as awards for Librarian of the Year and Library Staff Person of the Year, will be presented at the Border Regional Library Association Awards Banquet being held at Ardovino’s Desert Crossing on Saturday, February 25, 2012, beginning at 6 p.m. The cost is $30 and reservations must be made and paid for by Monday, February 20. The public is welcome.
The Border Regional Library Association (BRLA) is an organization founded in 1966 for the promotion of library service and librarianship in the El Paso/Las Cruces/Juárez region. Current membership includes over one hundred librarians, paraprofessionals, media specialists and library friends and trustees from all types of libraries in the tri-state area of Trans-Pecos Texas, Southern New Mexico and Northern Chihuahua.
Librarians and information specialists find that the organization provides a forum for local issues, which impact the future of all types of libraries in the region. BRLA also serves as a support group to promote libraries as important educational and cultural institutions, which have a direct impact on communities and democratic action. Annual dues are low in cost but high in rewarding returns. BRLA welcomes and encourages membership and involvement.
For more information please contact John Sandstrom, the Acquisitions Librarian at the New Mexico State University Library, at (575) 646-8093 or jsand713@nmsu.edu.
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Take a Tour at the NMSU Library
Date: January 18, 2012
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CONTACT: Jeanette Smith, NMSU Library, (575) 646-7492, jcsmith@lib.nmsu.edu
Do you know where to go for help with a research paper? Or how to get books from libraries all over the world? Or where to browse DVDs, CDs, and current magazines?
Students Tour the Library
According to NMSU Library Reference Assistant Wendy Simpson, the Library is a complex place, and many people do not know about the many useful resources that are available.
Students, faculty and staff are invited to join the Library staff for a forty-minute tour of both NMSU Library buildings. It is not necessary to sign up in advance. In addition to seeing highlights of services and collections, attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions.
Tours will begin at the Information Desk at Zuhl Library on the following dates and times:
- Wednesday, February 1 11:30 a.m. to 12:10 p.m.
- Wednesday, February 1 12:30 p.m. to 1:10 p.m.
- Thursday, February 2 11:00 a.m. to 11:40 a.m.
- Monday, February 6 10:30 a.m. to 11:10 a.m.
- Tuesday, February 7 1:00 p.m. to 1:40 p.m.
- Thursday, February 9 3:00 p.m. to 3:40 p.m.
- Friday, February 10 9:30 a.m. to 10:10 a.m.
Individual tours can also be arranged. Students can get a certificate of attendance that instructors may count toward extra credit.
For more information, contact Simpson at (575) 646-4129, the Information Desk at (575) 646-5792 or visit http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/tours.shtml.
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Molloy Book Wins Southwest Book Award
Date: January 6, 2012
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CONTACT: Jeanette Smith, NMSU Library, (575) 646-7492, jcsmith@lib.nmsu.edu
The book El Sicario: The Autobiography of a Mexican Assassin, co-edited by New Mexico State University librarian Molly Molloy and journalist Charles Bowden, has been selected to receive a Southwest Book Award, sponsored by the Border Regional Library Association (BRLA). Since 1971, the awards have been presented in recognition of outstanding books about the Southwest published each year in any genre.
Border Regional Library Association
The book is based on interviews with a hit man who kidnapped, tortured and murdered people for the Mexican drug industry for twenty years. El Sicario tells his story as a cautionary tale. Now a fugitive, he does not ask society to forgive him, but feels that he must do what he can do earn God’s forgiveness.
Bowden first encountered El Sicario while writing his book Murder City (Nation Books, 2010). As trust between the men developed, Bowden bore witness to El Sicario’s unfolding confession in an article in Harper’s Magazine, followed by an award-winning film, El Sicario Room 164 by Gianfranco Rosi, that premiered at the Venice Film Festival.
Molloy, the NMSU Library’s Latin American and Border Studies Librarian, translated the interviews and was instrumental in turning the transcripts into the book El Sicario (Nation Books, 2011). The book is available at the NMSU Library, Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com.
Molloy is known for her work with the online Frontera List at http://groups.google.com/group/frontera-list/topics. In the absence of an official count, she has taken on the task of keeping and reporting statistics obtained from newspaper reports on the daily and cumulative count of the murders in Mexico’s deadliest city, Ciudad Juárez.
Books eligible for the Southwest Book Awards must reflect and interpret the Southwest, defined as West Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and northern Mexico. They must appear in book or non-print format for the first time, and must be of high quality, both in the context of the current year’s entries and in the existing body of Southwestern literature. A scholarly work must make a well-documented contribution to scholarship in some aspect of Southwestern history or culture. Other nonfiction works should make reliable information accessible to the general reader. Poetry and fiction must reflect Southwestern culture and/or be set in the southwest.
A full list of 2011 Southwest Book Awards is available at http://brla.info/swba11.shtml. The awards will be presented at the Border Regional Library Association Awards Banquet on Saturday, February 25, in El Paso. The public is welcome. Banquet information and registration forms are available at http://brla.info/banquetreg.htm. Please make reservations by Monday, February 20.
For more information, contact Molloy at (575) 646-6931.
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